Since it's not shown in the article, the placeholder was the newspapers here; https://rl.bloat.cat/preview/pre/bn8bzvzd80ye1.jpeg?width=16... via https://rl.bloat.cat/r/expedition33/comments/1k6yv8a/does_th...
Since it's not shown in the article, the placeholder was the newspapers here; https://rl.bloat.cat/preview/pre/bn8bzvzd80ye1.jpeg?width=16... via https://rl.bloat.cat/r/expedition33/comments/1k6yv8a/does_th...
That’s the after image, here’s the before (also from that thread):
https://rl.bloat.cat/preview/pre/k7zsc1nls7af1.jpeg?width=19...
This does make it a bit more suspicious. It seems unlikely they coincidentally used gen AI placeholders only for the one case where it’s absurdly obvious.
Sorry for the... clicko? Thanks for posting the right one.
man, a reddit clone that reads exactly like reddit. what's the point, even?
> what's the point, even?
Learning. From the website:
> I started it on January 13, 2023, to learn something new and improve my GNU/Linux skills.
https://bloat.cat/about/
Also, not relying on a single service for one thing is a good thing, as Reddit itself demonstrated when they closed off API access.
I didn't mean the layout, but the comments - the same basic bitch "capitalism bad" that is perfectly acceptable to chant ad nauseam on reddit proper.
That's because it's just a Reddit frontend.